has a stunning look called " caisson "!
"The wood is like a well, and the painting is made with algae text." The craftsmen do their best to create a beautiful art on the dome - the caisson. It is often located in the center of the ceiling of the ancient building , or on the altar and throne of . When we look up, the blessings and beauty of the world and the brilliance of the world come into our eyes, making people amazed.
And it is not far from our lives. This kind of exquisite component can be seen all over the country.
Ningbo Baoguo Temple Hall Three-connected caisson in front of the trough of Ningbo Picture source/Zhejiang cultural relics
So, what are the most worth looking at caissons scattered on the vast land of our country? What are the regional characteristics of caissons in various places? Today, Xiaoyi will lead you to travel around the caissons in ancient buildings in the world and enjoy a visual feast journey.
Shanxi
Shanxi is the province with the most wooden structures in my country in the early days. It has been a place of developed craftsmen since ancient times. Therefore, there are a large number of caissons inside many ancient buildings in Shanxi, covering almost all types.
From the era , Shanxi caissons can almost completely outline the development genealogy of China's caissons from the Liao Dynasty to the Republic of China. From the perspective of style , Shanxi caissons are mostly made of layers of brackets cantilevered (academic community calls it "jump-out" caissons), which are often excellent ornamental. Shanxi is definitely an indispensable stop during the caisson tour.
1/ Huayan Temple Bojiajiajiao Tibetan Temple Cabbage Hall
Location: Datong, Shanxi
Image source @Acheng's Daydream
Built in the seventh year of Chongxi of Liao (1038) Huayan Temple Bojiajiao Tibetan Temple has the oldest cabbage hall in Shanxi . There are three Buddhas in the Bojia Sect Hall. Just above the heads of the three Buddha statues, there is a Douba caisson. It has a simple shape and a colorful painting on the surface.
2/ Yingxian wooden tower caisson
Location: Yingxian, Shanxi
Picture source @Ancient buildingsbot
Built in the second year of Qingning in Liao (1056), Yingxian wooden tower, has the largest caisson . There are nine floors in Yingxian wooden tower, of which five are bright and four are dark. The five-story bright layer of the Yingxian wooden tower may have caissons at first, but now only the bottom and top floors have caissons, both of which are octagonal douba caissons.
Douba Cabelli is a kind of caisson supported by eight corner beams and was popular in the Song and Liao dynasties. The caisson in the center of the ground floor is very huge, with a diagonal span of 9.5 meters. There are complex diamond-shaped flat diamonds and colored paintings inside the caisson; the caisson on the top is small in scale, with a span of more than two meters, and there are also remains of Liao and Jin colored paintings on the surface. At present, only the large caisson on the ground floor is available for ordinary tourists to visit.
3/ Yingxian Jingtu Temple caisson
Location: Shanxi Yingxian
If you are judging by the level of exquisiteness, The caisson in Yingxian Jingtu Temple is the leader of Sanjin . In fact, nine caissons were squeezed into the small space of Jingtu Temple in Yingxian, including octagonal, diamond-shaped and Tiangong Pavilion caissons. The caisson in the Tiangong Pavilion in the middle of the hall is the most exquisite. The eaves of exquisitely crafted wooden seats extend from the four walls of the caisson, and the caisson supported by the small wooden seat brackets are surrounded by two dragons playing with pearls.
4/ Shanhua Temple Hall Cauldron
Location: Shanxi Datong
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5/ Dou Dafu Temple Baiting Cauldron
Location: Taiyuan, Shanxi
Image source @海最
Dou Dafu Temple Baiting is a building in the Yuan Dynasty, and the cauldron inside is also an Tiangong Pavilion Cauldron .
6/ Yongle Palace Caisson
Location: Shanxi Ruicheng
Yongle Palace Sanqing Hall
Yongle Palace Chunyang Hall
Yongle Palace is a large Taoist building complex located in the north of Ruicheng . It was moved here in the 1950s for the construction of Sanmenxia Reservoir . There are several exquisite caissons in the Sanqing Hall and Chunyang Hall of Yongle Palace.
stands in the outer groove of Sanqing Palace (that is, the entrance door). Looking up, you can see a beautiful caisson with an outer square, middle octagonal and inner round, which is very unique. There is Panlong Wood Carving in the center of the caisson. The original object was replaced during the renovation and was exhibited a few months ago in the Yongle Palace Special Exhibition of Shanxi Museum.
7/ Qingxu Yao Temple caisson
Location: Qingxu County, Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province
Qingxu Yao Temple is a temple built to commemorate Yao Emperor . According to historical records, Emperor Yao moved here to avoid floods and built his capital for a short period of time, and later moved to Linfen . The existing building complex should be a remixed relic during the Zhengtong period of the Ming Dynasty, and the main hall is the original structure of the Ming Dynasty.
The huge caisson inside the hall is the essence . The caissons are divided into three layers, all of which are pulled out by brackets. The bottom layer is six jumps, square, and the middle layer is five jumps, which are also square. The upper layer is six jumps, which are octagonal bundled and stacked upwards, which are extremely exquisite.
8/ Hunyuan Yong'an Temple Caalyst
Location:
Image Source/Datong Evening News
Hunyuan Yong'an Temple Caalyst is also an Tiangong Pavilion-style caalyst . Although it is worth a visit, it is not easy to enter the hall and you need to communicate with the cultural management staff in advance.
9/ Changzhi Yuhuangguan Cauldron
Location: Nansong Village, Changzhi, Shanxi
Picture source/Shanxi Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism
Changzhi Yuhuang Pavilion is famous for its Wufeng Tower built in the Song and Jin Dynasties, but the cauldron located in the Wufeng Tower behind Wufeng Tower is also a part that you have to see when visiting. The Jade Emperor Caystory is octagonal and cantilevered by eight brackets extending from the corners.
0/ Puxian Dongyue Temple caisson
Location: Puxian Linfen Puxian
The caisson in Dongyue Temple in Puxian is located in the Xian Hall. The most special thing about this caisson is that has a blooming Wood carving peony .
1/ Gaoping Dinglin Temple caisson
Location: Shanxi Gaoping
Climbing the second floor of Dinglin Temple mountain gate from the east stairs, you can see the caisson on the top. This caisson has bright colors and vivid shapes, combined with the shape of a lotus head hanging flower fake column , making the top of the building full of vitality.
2/ Gaoping Ancient Middle Temple Cauldron
Location: Xiatai Village, Gaoping, Shanxi
Image source @Antisymmetry
Ancient Middle Temple is the Yan Emperor's Temple of the Yan Emperor's Faith Temple Group in the Gaoping area. The Wuliang Hall in the temple is also called Xianting, which was built in the Yuan Dynasty. It is commonly known as Wuliang Hall because the hall does not have beams and tiles. It is as wide as it is so deep that it has only one room. Although the appearance is ordinary, there is an octagonal caisson built in the hall, with the hanging lotus column in . The moment you walk into the hall, you can often bring different surprises to the tourists.
3/ Yuci Qingxu Pavilion Cauldron
Location: Old Town of Yuci, Shanxi
Picture source @Sovent780
Yuci Qingxu Pavilion This cauldron is located in the center of the ceiling on the bottom floor. The outermost side is square, the innermost side is octagonal, and the innermost side is round. The use of slanting ridges and hanging lotus columns makes the caisson more complex and gorgeous.
4/ Daixian Confucian Temple Dacheng Hall caisson
Location: Daixian Daixian Confucian Temple Dacheng Hall was built in the early Ming Dynasty. In the center of the ceiling of the main hall, there is a caisson carried by four-story brackets. The first and second layers are square, the third layers are cornered and turned into octagonal, and the fifth layers are round, which is extremely complex and ingenious.
5/ Linfen Dongyang Houtu Temple Cackadee
Location: Linfen, Shanxi
Houtu Temple was built in the fourth year of Zhizheng in the Yuan Dynasty (1344). The stage in the Yuan Dynasty was the main body of Houtu Temple and its biggest highlight. The stage faces south and north, with a cross-slit top, and the caisson inside is unique and exquisite. The caisson inside the ordinary hall does not have any relationship with the beam frame, and the structure is independent of the beam frame. However, the caisson in the Houtu Temple of Dongyang is integrated with the beam frame , and part of the beam frame is incorporated into the caisson. The corner beam, matte vehicle, Shangang, and brackets together form this gorgeous caisson.
6/ Jishan Fawang Temple Lelou Caystory
Location: Jishan Jishan
Jishan Fawang Temple Lelou is also a Yuan Dynasty stage. The caisson in the Le Tower of Fawang Temple is similar to the caisson on the stage of Dongyang Houtu Temple, and is integrated with the beam frame, and part of the beam frame is incorporated into the caisson. The corner beam, Shangang and brackets jointly build this caisson. The caisson in the Lelou of Fawang Temple is larger in scale, which can make people intuitively feel the beauty of the wooden component structure.
7/ Runcheng Dongyue Temple Baiting Cabbage Well
Location: Runcheng Town, Yangcheng County, Shanxi Province
Image source @王月
Runcheng Dongyue Temple has been recorded in the Jin Dynasty, and only the Xian Hall, Tianqi Hall, and the Bedding Palace are now preserved. Xian Hall is a Ming Dynasty building. There is an octagonal caisson inside it, which is made of two floors of brackets. The middle of the caisson is made of wooden strips of flame door-shaped tiles to form exquisite patterns.
8/ Guangsheng Temple Feihong Pagoda Cauldron
Location: Hongdong, Shanxi, Shanxi, Hongdong Guangsheng Temple Scenic Area,
At the bottom of Feihong Pagoda in Guangsheng Temple, Shanxi, there is a unique Glass cauldron . This caisson is made of glass, with several layers up and down. It not only has glass-imitated wooden brackets, but also Buddha statues, hanging styles, etc. The structure is exquisite and complex, but because the interior is too dark, tourists often ignore it.
9/ Taiyuan Yongzuo Temple Wuliang Hall Cauldron
Location: Taiyuan Taiyuan
Taiyuan Yongzuo Temple Wuliang Hall was built in the 36th to the 40th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1608-1612). The caisson in the Ming Dynasty on the second floor of the main hall can be said to be the essence.This caisson is carved into blue bricks. It is unique in imitation of the wooden structure, extremely realistic, and has the unique texture of bricks and stones.
0/ Wangu Temple Wuliang Hall Cauldron
Location: Shanxi Yongji
Wangu Temple Wuliang Hall and Yongzuo Temple Wuliang Hall are both under the construction of the construction by Monk Miaofeng. There are brick caissons with imitation of wooden structures on the second floor of the hall, with bricks stacked layer by layer. This design and construction method was undoubtedly a major innovation in the Ming Dynasty more than 400 years ago.
Tianjin
1/ Dule Temple Guanyin Pavilion caisson
Location: Jixian
Dule Temple Guanyin Pavilion was built in the second year of Tonghe (984 AD). In the hall, directly above the head of the Guanyin giant statue, there is an China's oldest caisson . This caisson is a common Douba caisson in the Song and Liao dynasties. There are complex diamond-shaped flat bells and the remains of the Liao Dynasty color paintings. After more than a thousand years of baptism, the structure is still as intact.
Hebei
1/ Weixian Shijia Temple Nave Cauldron
Location: Weixian Weixian, Hebei
Image source @海新
The cauldron of Weixian Shijia Temple Nave is distributed in the middle of Ming and Jijie, with exquisite production, with the well walls and ceilings covered with colorful paintings. The ceiling is painted with patterns such as flowing clouds, red-bottomed branches, peony flowers, , golden dragons, phoenixes, etc. The well walls are painted with green and green, with gold on each side of the douzi. The upper section of the central caisson in the Ming Dynasty are decorated with gold on the lower skins of each jumping arch, which is very gorgeous. In addition, the construction time of the caisson should be different from the construction time of the nave, later than the Yuan Dynasty.
2/ Chengde Pule Temple Xuguang Pavilion caisson
Location: Chengde, Hebei
The caisson in Pule Temple Xuguang Pavilion is the most exquisite place among the eight temples in the outer eight. It adopts the three-layer heavy lifting and heavy lifting and nine-step brackets, and is reduced layer by layer. The caisson is seven layers deep, and the outer layer is cloud dragon, bracket , dragon, phoenix, double bracket and ball dragon playing with pearls. The embossed ball dragon mouth in the center is hanging down about one meter. The surface of the caisson is painted with gold and colorful paintings. Although it has been more than 200 years of vicissitudes, it is still dazzling.
Beijing
Beijing was the capital of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. Most of the wooden structures remaining to this day belong to the official wooden structure system of the Ming and Qing dynasties, and most of the caissons are official caissons, with a relatively unified structure - made of wooden boards. Although the workmanship is generally exquisite and complex, it is not as diverse as Shanxi caissons.
1/ Cauldrons of the Forbidden City
Location: Dongcheng District, Beijing,
Nanxundian Cauldron Source/Zaiyi Appp
Qianqiuting Cauldrons
The Forbidden City is the highest-level building complex in my country's ancient buildings. The numerous caissons in the Forbidden City are the best indications of the lofty level.
Almost all caissons inside the main halls of the Forbidden City, and the workmanship is extremely luxurious. is mostly a piecewise , that is, a caisson is composed of multiple plates, but it also has colorful forms. For example, Nanxun Palace caisson is octagonal, with a dragon hanging down in the middle; Huangji Palace caisson is a square nesting type; 年官网 年官网 新官网 年1年1年1年1年1年1年2年1年1年1年1年2年1年1年1年2年2年1年1年2年2期5日年1年1年2年2年1年1年2年2日5日1年1年1年2年2年1年1年2年2年5日1年1年1年2年2年5日1年1年1年2年2年5日1年1年1年1年2年2年5日1年1年1年1年2年2年5日1年1年1年1年2年2年5日年1年1年1年1年2年2年5日年1年1年1年1年2年2年5日年1年1年1年1年2年2年5日年1年1年1年1年2年2年5日年
Changyin Pavilion Cauldron Upward View Source/Xinhua News Agency Client Zhou Qian/Photo by
There are also some special cauldrons in the Forbidden City, such as Changyin Pavilion Painted lifting dragon flame bead cauldron, and Linxiting Pavilion Jinzhuo Ink Lie pastel painted sea cauldron. These two caissons were drawn directly on the ceiling by , rather than made of meticulous woodwork, but also achieved good artistic results.
2/ Zhihua Temple caisson
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Zhihua Temple Caisson Hall in Dongcheng District, Beijing Source/Beijing Traditional Culture Alliance
Beijing Zhihua Temple has one of the most exquisite official caissons . However, the two caissons located in the Zhihua Temple and the Wanfo Pavilion were unfortunately sold to the United States in the 1930s, and now there is only one left. The caissons sold to the United States are currently stored in Nelson Museum and Philadelphia Museum .
Zhihua Temple Wanfo Pavilion Cauldron, currently in the Nelson Museum, USA Picture source/Beijing Traditional Culture Alliance
Two cauldrons sold abroad are similar in shape, with a square plane star, and the four corners are divided into octagons with branches, and then they are placed in double squares to form an inner octagon. At the edge of each grid, it is decorated with cirrus clouds, lotus petals, and chess family. The "eight treasures" are built in the gap, and the dragon around the carvings and the central group dragon looks down at it, with a beautiful structure. The famous architect Mr. Liu Dunzhen commented: ",000 Buddhist pavilions are surrounded by clouds and dragons, with a magnificent structure, quite similar to the internal regulations, which is not a Buddhist temple. "
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date hall may have the most spectacular caisson in China. Below the dome more than 30 meters high, the brackets are divided into layers, and the caisson span is about ten meters. If you look up directly under the caisson, the shock you will give is no less than the dome of a Western cathedral.
4/ Beihai Wulongting Cauldron
Location: In the Wulong Pavilion in Dongcheng District, Beijing, in the Wulong Pavilion in Beihai Park, each has a cauldron, the style is similar, but the details of each are different.
5/ Longfu Temple Cauldron
Location: In the Xiannongtan Ancient Architecture Museum in Xicheng District, Beijing,
Photography/fùfu
longfu Temple was originally located in Longfu Temple Street, Dongcheng District, but now all the temples have disappeared, leaving only the cauldron hidden in the Xiannongtan Ancient Architecture Museum telling us the glory of the temple.
Longfu Temple caisson is divided into six upper and lower levels. On the first, second, third and fifth floors, there is heavenly palace of the Qiong Tower and Jade Palace . Under the heavenly palace is painted with twenty-eight stars. There are immortals and celestial girls in the palace. They are meticulously carved and have extremely delicate expressions. At the top of the caisson is a astrological map , with 1,400 stars stored.
6/ Dajue Temple Cackywell
Location:
Dajue Temple Cackywell is located in the center of the ceiling of the Main Hall, and is a Panlong cackywell of the Ming Dynasty. Due to the wear of time, several paintings on the surface of the caisson have fallen off, but time also gives it a unique patina texture.
7/ Fahai Temple Cackadee
Location: Shijingshan District, Beijing,
The most distinctive feature of Fahai Temple Cacke is that the mandala pattern of Tibetan Buddhism is drawn on the wooden board in the middle of the cack.
Shandong
1/ Qufu Confucius Temple Dacheng Hall Cauldron
Location: Shandong Qufu
High-level buildings have been preserved to this day, so cauldrons are also very rare. Qufu Confucius Temple is a representative of ancient buildings in Shandong and is built completely in the style of Beijing official style. The Dacheng Hall and the Xingtan in Qufu Confucius Temple have exquisite official style caissons.
Shaanxi
1/ Gongshu Hall Cauldron
Location: The main hall of Gongshu Hall is only three rooms wide, with a hard mountain top and an extremely simple appearance, but it is covered with thousands of wooden components on the four walls of the hall with only three rooms. It seems to be a fantasy heaven above the head. The Tiangong pavilions and caissons of Gongshu Hall are all reduced to architectural models at 1/30 of the normal size, with 137 pavilions and more than 20 types of bracket styles, concentrating the unparalleled creativity of ancient craftsmen.
2/ Xiaopiyuan Mosque houyao Hall Cauldron
Location: Shaanxi Xi'an
Xiaopiyuan Mosque Hall is a combination building. The Houyao Hall located at the rear is a double-eaved spire. Inside it, there is an extremely gorgeous cauldron. While absorbing the local style, it also has the unique Islamic architectural style of the mosque.
Henan
1/ Jiyuan Balcony Palace Cackadee
Location: Henan Jiyuan
Picture source/Talk about ancient buildings
Jiyuan Balcony Palace Cackadee is located in the hall of Balcony Palace . It is an octagonal cacke made of brackets. It has many similarities with the Yongle Palace Cacke in southern Shanxi.
Zhejiang
Zhejiang is one of the provinces with relatively many caissons in my country, mainly spiral algae wells. The caissons of ancient buildings in Zhejiang have been built to the sixth year of Dazhong Xiangfu in the Northern Song Dynasty (1013), and to the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, and the existing caissons have lasted for more than a thousand years.
1/ Ningbo Baoguo Temple Hall Cauldron
Location: Zhejiang Ningbo
Built in the sixth year of Xiangfu in Dazhong, Northern Song Dynasty (1013) has The oldest cauldron in southern my country. When the people who come to worship Buddha step into the front porch, the first thing they notice is probably the exquisite caisson above the front porch of the main hall of Baoguo Temple. This practice of placing a caisson above the Buddha's worship space instead of the Buddha statue is indeed rare. Some scholars believe that this is a manifestation of humanistic .
Baoguo Temple Hall caisson has one large and two small caissons, all of which are circular dou octa caisson . Compared with the octagonal Douba caisson in the northern Liao structure, the Douba caisson used by the Baoguo Temple Hall is closer to the description in " Creation of French " .
2/ Ningbo Qing'an Association Cauldron
Location: Ningbo
is located on the stage of Ningbo Qing'an Association, which is a gorgeous lacquer gold spiral algae well.
3/ Jinhua Fucheng City Chenghuang Temple Cauldron
Location: Zhejiang Jinhua Jinhua Fucheng City God Temple has many cauldrons, and spiral algae wells account for the vast majority. As the most developed wood carving technology in Zhejiang, the caissons in the City God Temple in Jinhuafu reflect the superb skills of Dongyang wood carving, which is amazing.
4/ Taishun Linshui Temple Cauldron
Location: Taishun County, Wenzhou, Zhejiang
Source @Saloman Snake
The cauldron of Taishun Linshui Temple reflects the unique woodworking technology in Wenzhou area.
5/ Putuoshan Fayu Chan Temple Jiulong Cachariot
Location:
Fayu Temple Jiulong Cachariot is located in the Yuantong Hall in the temple. The Yuantong Hall was built in the 30th year of Kangxi's reign. In the 38th year of Kangxi's southern tour, it was granted a thousand taels of gold to be built. In order to solve the construction difficulties at that time, Kangxi approved the issuance of glazed tiles in Jinling city, and the old hall, Jiulong, and the Yuantong Hall was rebuilt, so it was named "Jiulong Hall". Therefore, Jiulong Cauldron can be considered a rare relic of the Ming Dynasty court.
The height of the entire Jiulong Cauldron is 3. There are four floors in total. The brackets used on each floor are inconsistent, with varying shapes and contagious. There is a dragon lying in the middle of the caisson, with a drooping Xuanyuan mirror in its mouth; eight dragons entrench on the drooping short columns around it, looking at each other, full of dynamics. In total, there are nine dragons in the caisson, so they are called "Jiulong Caisson".
Fujian
Fujian is the province with the largest inventory of caissons in southern my country . From the existing early ancient Fujian It can be seen from the architecture that Fujian had already formed a local architectural style as early as the Tang and Song dynasties. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, craftsmen became more prosperous, and frequent construction activities left a large number of ancient buildings for Fujian. The aesthetic concept of Fujian people's favorite caissons can often be seen in these ancient buildings.
In Fujian, caissons can not only be used in high-level temples, Taoist temples, and religious temples, but also in relatively low-level houses, guild halls, and bridges, exquisite caissons can also be seen.
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Shifeng Temple Cackywell
Location: Fu'an City, Fujian Province
Picture source @Saloman snake
Shifeng Temple Hall was built in the Ming Dynasty Wanli years. The octagonal cackywell in the hall is elegant in structure. The color paintings have almost lost the surface of the cackywell maintain the original color of the wood, showing the quaint and vicissitudes of texture.
2/ Xianyou Confucian Temple Dacheng Hall Cauldron
Location: Fujian Province Xianyou City
octagonal cauldron, located in the outer groove of the Dacheng Hall of Xianyou Confucian Temple.
3/ Anxi Confucian Temple Dacheng Hall Cauldron
Location: Fujian Anxi
Image source @6yurrr
The cauldron of Anxi Confucian Temple Dacheng Hall is also an octagonal cauldron with a gorgeous shape.
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4/ Xiamen Jiangxiatang Cacharide
Location: Fujian Xiamen
Picture source @Writer author Jin Xiaodao
Taipei Confucius Temple official website introduction Taipei Confucius Temple chief engineer "Wang Yishunsi", there was a paragraph like this: "In 1904 AD, I was invited to Kinmen to build the Wang Clan Ancestral Hall and the Chen Clan Ancestral Hall for seven years (1904-1911 AD), and I used to temporarily live in Kinmen. In 1916, I undertook the construction of the Huang Peisong Mansion in Xiamen (Xiamen) Men Jiangxia Hall), met Gu Xianrong by chance; in 1920, he was invited by Mr. Gu Xianrong to build Mengjia Longshan Temple. In 1925, he built Confucius Temple , and hired Wang Yishun as the chief engineer of Taipei Confucius Temple. He expressed many of the essence of southern Chinese architecture in Taipei Confucius Temple, so Taipei Confucius Temple became a very typical Minnan-style building. ...... After 1920, Taiwan temple architecture was almost uninfluenced by Wang Yishun. 』
For the "Yishunsi", which has far-reaching influence on the architecture of Taiwan temples, the reason why he came to Taiwan was this "Xiamen Jiangxia Hall".The most amazing thing in Jiangxia Hall is that there is a beautiful caisson with a mirror on the top of the heart and opening it with a diamond-shaped mouth, revealing the Tai Chi Bagua. The Taipei Confucius Temple is 90% similar to its building.
5/ Gutian Linshui Palace Cauldron
Location: Gutian County, Fujian Province
Image source @海新
1 In the Gutian Linshui Palace, which is not very large, there are actually dozens of exquisite cauldrons hidden. Such a large cauldron stock in a temple is also rare in Fujian. The caissons in Linshui Palace in Gutian include two of the most popular caisson styles in Fujian - Spiral caisson and Bagua (Attached) caisson . In the center of each caisson, there are also wood carved lotus hanging down, just as the description of the caisson in " Xijing Fu " "The stems are poured into the caisson, and they are hunting with red flowers."
6/ Changle Jiutouma House Cabbage
Location: Changle District, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province
Picture source @Heritage Jun
Jiutouma Ancient house was completed in the eleventh year of Qing Tongzhi (1872). This house is not only huge in size, but also has fine decoration. The caissons in the houses are not only numerous, but also have amazing carving details, which are better than those in many temples. The caisson of Jiutouma House uses a structure called "steep feet rafter" on the innermost side, showing a unique design effect.
7/ Shaowu Baoyan Temple Hall Cauldron
Location: Shaowu City, Fujian Province
Picture source @Sharoman Snake
Shaowu Baoyan Temple Hall was built in Jiajing twelfth year (1533 AD), and is the oldest hall in northern Fujian . What makes Baoyan Temple Hall caisson unique is that the wooden board in the middle of the caisson is covered with painted figures, flowers, dragon and phoenix patterns , which is the handwriting of local painters Yan Zongru and Shangguan Boda in the Ming Dynasty. After five hundred years of baptism, it is still colorful and the picture is clear.
8/ Quanzhou Kaiyuan Temple Jietan Cauldron
Location: Quanzhou City, Fujian Province
In the middle of the roof of Quanzhou Ganlu Jietan Temple, there is an octagonal round cauldron, which adopts a beamless structure, and the structure is complex and exquisite.
Guangdong
Although Guangdong and neighboring Fujian are both major ancient provinces, Guangdong prefer to use the Chingshangming to build and carve beams in ancient times, while caissons are very rare. The existing caissons in Guangdong are basically located in Chaoshan area .
1/ Jieyang Ancient Rongwu Temple Cauldron
Location: Guangdong Jieyang
On the top of the front hall of the mountain gate of the ancient Rongwu Temple, there is an carving bagua-shaped cauldron . It has exquisite carvings, complicated patterns, and skillful knife skills. It is the essence of Guandi Temple and is also the finest of Chaoshan ancient architecture wood carving art . The wood carvings on the caisson are well preserved and have not been added at all, and they still retain the simplicity and vicissitudes.
2/ The caisson of the Magang Village, Raoping Magang Village, Raoping
Location: Magang Village, Raoping, Guangdong
is located in the Bajiao Palace (Chongzheng Temple) of Magang Village, Raoping. It is carried out by eight bunches of five-hopped brackets, and there is a gossip pattern drawn in the center.
Taiwan
Taiwan has many temples. With the modernization of construction technology and the increase in building volume, there are more than one caisson in a temple, and caissons are made like copy and paste.
The wood carvings of these caissons combine the styles of Fujian and Taiwan, and with modern architectural techniques, they are complex and complex, superimposed and superimposed, and beautiful.In terms of type, it can be roughly divided into circular caisson, elliptical caisson, gossip (octagonal-spider) caisson, spiral caisson, and combined caisson.
1/ Lugang Longshan Temple Cackywell
Location: Kinmen Street, Lugang Town, Changhua County, Taiwan
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2/ Taipei Confucius Temple Cauldron
Location: No. 275, Dalong Street, Datong District, Taipei City, Taiwan
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Taipei Confucius Temple was built in 1939. The cauldron was designed by Wang Yishun, a famous craftsman from Quanzhou. The entire cauldron is composed of several layers of small brackets. The inner layer is painted in different colors, which is extremely beautiful.
3/ Tainan Nankun Yai Dai Tianfu Tianfu Kamiyaki
Location: Tainan City, Taiwan
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Tainan Nankun Yai Dai Tianfu has many caissons, among which the caissons in the main hall are the most exquisite. This circular caisson in the main hall of Tianfu in Nankun Dynasty is made of fine Ruyi brackets to form , like a blooming flower, and has a different geometric beauty, which is dazzling.
Yunnan
Although the stock of ancient buildings in Yunnan is large, caissons are relatively scarce, but the styles of Yunnan caissons are quite diverse, reflecting a lot of ingenuity among craftsmen.
1/ Kunming Zhenqing Temple and Dulei Mansion Cabbage
Location: Kunming City, Yunnan Province
Kunming Zhenqing Temple
Kunming Dulei Mansion
Kunming Dulei Mansion
Kunming Zhenqing Temple and Dulei Mansion belong to the national security " Zhenqing Temple Ancient Building Complex ". There is a very exquisite caisson in Ziwei Hall in Zhenqingguan and in Qingfeng Pavilion in Dulei Mansion.
Ziwei Temple caisson was destroyed in the last century. In recent years, it has been restored based on old photos taken by the Construction Society. The caisson has a complex structure, with square, octagon, octagon and round nested layer by layer, and Ruyi brackets are finely woven. The caisson in Qingfeng Pavilion in Dulei Mansion is square, and is carried out by a two-hop bracket. There are reliefs of the dragon and auspicious clouds in the middle.
2/ Weibaoshan Changchun Cave Cave
Location: Weishan County, Yunnan Province
This caisson is located in the Changchun Cave Hall of Weibaoshan. It is not large in scale. A wood carving Dragon Dance is located in the center. It is the highlight of this caisson.
3/ Baoshan Yuhuang Pavilion Cauldron
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The bright room of Baoshan Yuhuang Pavilion is a double-layer covered bucket cauldron, picked out by Liutiao Ruyi bracket, and the two rooms are single-layer circular cauldron. The center of the caisson is filled with a painted Bagua diagram.
4/ Nuoden Yuhuang Pavilion Cauldron
Location: Nuoden Town, Yunlong County, Yunnan Province
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Nuoden Yuhuang Pavilion is a triple-eaved hip roof pavilion. On the ceiling inside, there is a unique Twenty-Eight Star Constellations cauldron. The twenty-eight constellations in ancient China were all drawn on the caisson as animals, and the arrangement was also consistent with the actual position.
Guizhou
Guizhou caissons have very strong regional characteristics.As far as I can see, the caissons in Meitan area adopt the "bucket-style", that is, square wooden boards are nested layer by layer, while the caissons in the ancient buildings of Zhenyuan are all octagonal nested layer by layer, with a unique geometric beauty. Similar caissons are also used in Chongqing and Hunan.
1/ Zhenyuan Qinglong Cave Cave
Location: Guizhou Zhenyuan
Zhenyuan Qinglong Cave Ancient Building Complex is composed of six parts: Wanshou Palace, Zhongyuan Zen Temple, Ziyang Academy, Qinglong Cave, Zhusheng Bridge, and Xiangluyan . Among them, Wanshou Palace and Zhongyuan Zen Temple have multiple caissons, and the caissons of Wanshou Palace are the most exquisite. They are located inside the stage and hall of Wanshou Palace.
Sichuan
1/ Lizhuang Spiral Hall Cauldron
Location: Lizhuang Lizhuang
Ancient buildings in Sichuan are often built using "Cheshangming". There are few ancient buildings that use ceilings and cauldrons, and there are very few exquisite cauldrons. The cauldrons in Lizhuang Spiral Hall in Yibin may be the most exquisite in Sichuan.
Screw Palace is a pavilion with a three-eaves and octagonal spire. It was built in the Ming Dynasty and is located inside it with a caisson built with Ruyi brackets, which is particularly eye-catching. As recorded on the stele in the hall, "The crystal of this hall lies in the bracket, and the essence of the bracket belongs to the structure of the skeleton."
Qinghai
1/ Hongshuiquan Mosque caisson
Location: Hongshuiquan Hui Township, Haidong City, Qinghai Haidong City, Qinghai
On the ceiling of the kiln hall of the Hongshuiquan Mosque, there is an "umbrella-shaped caisson" unique in China . This caisson uses two extremely exquisite and delicate Ruyi brackets and hanging columns to guard the central wellhead shaped like an umbrella bone, forming an extremely beautiful three-dimensional picture scroll. The wooden carvings are not oil-colored, and they maintain the true color of the yellow-brown wood, making them feel simple and holy, and show off their cleverness and nobleness.
Gansu
1/ Mogao Grottoes kaalks
Location: Inside Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, Gansu,
Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes is the largest treasure house of ancient Buddhist art in my country. On the tops of many caves in Mogao Grottoes, there are gorgeous caissons as decorations.
What is different from ordinary caissons is that The caissons in Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang are mostly digging out the rough shape of the caisson in the caves, and then painted on them. There is no wooden part .
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Top left: Mogao Grottoes 407 Cave of Three Rabbits Lotus Pattern Cave of Sui
Top right: Mogao Grottoes 216 Cave of Peach-shaped petal lotus pattern caisson of Shengtang
Lower left: Mogao Grottoes 146 Cave of Round Dragon Parrot Lotus Pattern Caitas of Five Dynasties
Lower right: Mogao Grottoes 400 Cave of Crowned Double Dragons Plum Pattern Caitas of Fifth Generation
Lower right: Mogao Grottoes 400 Cave of Crowned Double Dragons Plum Pattern Caitas of Crowned Head Song
Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes caisson also had different styles in different periods . For example, the "Doudu style" caissons were mostly built in the Sui Dynasty, while the caissons from the Sui Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty were mostly "Doushikaya" or overlying the bucket-shaped caissons; in terms of quantity, the "Doushikaya" accounted for the vast majority of the caissons in Mogao Grottoes.
"Dou Si Kaya" evolved from the square curtain above the Buddha statue, supported by four corner beams. From the caisson of Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, obvious curtain remains can also be seen.
People often say " It is better to see " and in fact, the same is true when we visit ancient times. No matter how many photos and text you have seen on the Internet and in books, the feeling of on-site visits is completely different from reading text and photos, and even emerging panoramic tours cannot be replaced.
The perspective given by photos is fragmented and can only show one side of the cultural relics and monuments, while on-site tours can get a coherent experience. Therefore, although I have appreciated so many beautiful pictures, if you want to truly feel the beauty of the caissons and get a heartfelt shock, it is better to visit on the spot.
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Written by | Yilu Culture Hongci Yonghu
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